Liu Yuliang walked up to Lu Yuan and asked in a low voice, "Lu Yuan, this superintendent remembers that you said that Jiannu will definitely return to the north, right?" ”

Lu Yuan nodded: "Back to the words of the superintendent, the last general did say this, with the national strength of Jiannu, I can't swallow my Daming now, after all, Liaodong and Shanhaiguan are not in their hands, and they just want to release my Daming's blood now, so that my Daming can't recover." ”

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Lu Yuan, and he agreed with Lu Yuan's point of view.

Liu Yuliang also agreed with Lu Yuan's point of view, so he also nodded: "In this case, this inspector thinks that it is better to retreat to Baoding!" ”

After Liu Yuliang finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "Governor Lu, what do you think?" ”

Lu Yuan knew that Liu Yuliang didn't want to fight Jiannu in a decisive battle, but wanted Jiannu to retreat outside the border by himself.

"What does the Overseer mean by this? Could it be that the overseer is also afraid of Jiannu and does not want to build slaves for a decisive battle? ”

Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Liu Yuliang waved his hand: "If it is not the cowardice of this superintendent, if the battle can be won, then the battle, if the battle is not won, then avoid!" Although Lu Gong is good at fighting, he also has to judge the situation, and now since Jiannu is strong and has no intention of destroying my Ming, it is better to avoid a decisive battle with him, and wait for him to leave before pursuing him. ”

"Inspector, this battle is not a battle for the lower officials, but has to fight, although Jiannu can't destroy my Ming now, but its master Huang Taiji has already had the ambition to annex my Daming, naturally Jiannu also obviously has a decisive battle with Lu this time and intends to get rid of the lower officials! Even if the subordinate wants to avoid it, he can't avoid it at all, and it will even make the army's morale collapse! Therefore, this decisive battle is not to be done! ”

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Liu Yuliang glanced at Lu Xiangsheng, he didn't speak, because he couldn't refute.

"Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan, you and the others are really snakes and scorpions, and they have harmed this Governor and Lu Governor to such a dangerous situation!"

Liu Yuliang suddenly gritted his teeth and scolded at this time, it was obvious that he had admitted that Lu Xiangsheng's analysis was right, and a decisive battle with Jiannu was inevitable, and now he was just resentful of his two political enemies, Yang Sichang and Xue Guoguan!

Lu Yuan looked at the depressed appearance of the cabinet chief assistant who originally only wanted Mingzhe to protect himself, and he also felt a little funny for a while, but sometimes fate is so funny, Liu Yuliang, who was only thinking about Mingzhe's self-preservation, was accidentally pushed to the cusp.

However, in Lu Yuan's view, if Liu Yuliang wants to complain, he can only complain about the decision-maker who agreed to let him take charge.

Lu Yuan didn't have anything to persuade at this time, after all, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yuliang present were smart people, no matter what he said, these two people would have their own most correct choice.

Now Lu Xiangsheng is going to have a decisive battle with Jiannu, while Liu Yuliang is worried that he will die on the battlefield because of the decisive battle with Jiannu.

"Governor Lu, the matter has come to this, the governor has nothing to say, all the military decisions are made by the governor, and the governor coordinates the grain and grass for the governor, so that the governor has no worries!"

Liu Yuliang said, the meaning is very simple, that is, Lu Xiangsheng, you will fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, anyway, Jiannu also wants to get rid of you, the pillar of the court, and I, Liu Yuliang, can only cheer for you in the rear.

"Xia Guan understands! If it weren't for the superintendent, the officers and soldiers of the subordinate officials would not be able to eat at this time, but they were afraid that it would be more difficult to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu. ”

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Liu Yuliang nodded, and didn't ask any more, Lu Xiangsheng had already arranged the battle deployment for the siege.

However, Lu Yuan also stood up at this time and replied: "Supervisor, Governor, the last general requests to participate in the attack on Qingdu and assist Yang Guozhu's troops in attacking the city!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng glanced back at Lu Yuan, a little stunned.

Yang Guozhu was also surprised, he was also quite worried that his siege might not be effective this time, after all, before that, Jiannu's 300 Manchurian iron cavalry attack made him suffer a lot of losses, and the morale of the army was also greatly affected.

However, Yang Guozhu didn't expect Lu Yuan to be willing to help him attack the city, you must know that the loss of the battle is always very large, and no one wants to let the elite family members who are raised with a lot of money have big losses to help others.

This made Yang Guozhu both grateful and a little embarrassed, after all, he already owed Lu Yuan a favor.

Therefore, Yang Guozhu looked at his coach Lu Xiangsheng.

And Liu Yuliang was also surprised, the only thing he could trust now was Lu Yuan's department, after all, only Lu Yuan's department could guarantee his safety, and Lu Yuan was now his political ally, so he didn't want Lu Yuan's department to suffer losses.

However, Liu Yuliang is not good at refusing Lu Yuan in front of everyone, not to mention that Lu Yuan is not really completely obedient to his orders.

Liu Yuliang also looked at Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it for a while: "Lu Dusi still stays in the camp to ensure the safety of the Inspector!" ”

Lu Yuan had to obey orders, the reason why he took the initiative to ask for the battle was not that he really wanted to help Yang Guozhu, but that he knew the real result of the first battle of Qingdu in history, Lu Xiangsheng and his Tianxiong army were not wiped out under Qingdu City, but in Jiazhuang, so Lu Yuan wanted to follow to get a result, and at the same time train the ability of his officers and soldiers to attack fortifications.

But Lu Yuan didn't expect it to backfire, Lu Xiangsheng is a gentleman, not a person who only wants others to be cannon fodder, which makes him lose this opportunity.

Early the next morning.

The siege battle has begun.

The Tianxiong army fought with the thieves last year for most of the pass, and also recovered a lot of cities, naturally also accumulated a lot of siege experience, siege tactics are also relatively mature, as soon as the battle started, Lu Yuan, who looked across the river, saw that these Tianxiong officers and soldiers were very skillful with shields and bows to advance, very orderly, the red-clothed cannons that had been transported across the river in advance also opened the red clothes, under the operation of these Tianxiong officers and soldiers, aimed at the Qingdu City not far away.

The 3,000 elite iron cavalry of the Chinese army under Lu Xiangsheng were behind the cannons, ready to rush into the city after the infantry opened the city gates.

It is clear that this army was fully prepared for the battle of Gyeongdu.

However, Jiannu Feyata's side was also fully prepared, and Shang Kexi had already loaded the cannon with gunpowder. Since Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi surrendered to the Manchus, the Manchus had artillery technology.

This undoubtedly improved the combat effectiveness of Jiannu siege and defense of the city, and today's Jiannu can not only fight with the Ming army in the field, but also siege and defend the city is not a problem, which also means that Jiannu has a foundation that will not abandon the territory and may sit in the world after occupying the territory in the future.

Now the same is true, at the same time that the Tianxiong army began to attack the city, Shang Kexi also ignited the artillery under the order of Fiata, although the accuracy of the red-coated cannon is not high, but the range is very long, roared, and the live ammunition it fired suddenly opened a bloody path between the Tianxiong army, and many Ming officers and soldiers were knocked out.

At this time, the red-clothed cannon on the side of the Tianxiong Army also began to roar, and more than a dozen live ammunition slammed into the wall of Qingdu City, and suddenly, a large piece of the entire city wall collapsed, revealing the adobe inside.